Patient safety in the office-based setting

摘要: Learning Objectives: After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Discern importance of physician’s office administrative capacity. 2. Recognize necessity a system for quality assessment. 3. Assess which procedures are safe in office-based setting. 4. Know basic steps to properly evaluate patients plastic surgery. Background: At least 44,000 Americans die annually as result preventable medical errors. Medical mistakes eighth leading cause death United States, costing between $54.6 billion and $79 billion, or 6 percent total annual national health care expenditures. Office-based comprise 10-fold increase risk serious injury compared with an ambulatory surgical facility. Methods: This article reviews literature on patient safety issues. It places special emphasis statements advisories published by American Society Plastic Surgeons’ convened Task Force Patient Safety Office-Based Settings. stresses areas increased concern, such deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis liposuction Results: The divides delivery into three broad categories. First, starts at level. physician independent governing body must develop assessment that functions minimize errors report outcomes Second, clinical aspects require whether procedure(s) proper Finally, gives attention liposuction, most frequently performed surgery procedure. Conclusions: every highest priority, reflected Hippocratic Oath: primum non nocere (“first, do no harm”). In setting, priority requires both emphasis. who healing touch always have foremost priority.